Washing-machine



' (Model) W. WHITE.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 407.881. Patented July 30, 1889.

UNITED STATES- PATENT ()FFICE.

WILLIAM WVHITE, OF WESTFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,881, dated July 30, 1889. Application filed July 21, 1888- Serial No. 280,624. (McdelJ To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westfield, in the county of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in \Vashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved washing-machine; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my washing-machine, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the tub or body of my machine, rectangular in plan view, supported on suitable legs B, as shown. A transverse roller or rotary rubber O is journaled in the sides of the tub, and has one end extended past one side of the tub and provided with a crankhandle D, as shown. This roller 0 is provided with longitudinal corrugations E, and its surface is covered with zinc, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2. A transverse check-bar F is secured between the sides of the tub, and has its lower edge provided with a strip of rubber or similar material G, which" bears upon the rubber and prevents the clothes being drawn around by the roller and massed in one end of the tub.

H designates a presser-bar having its under face concave in cross-section, so as to rest upon the clothes and cause them to conform to the roller. This presser-bar is secured to and carried by the frame I, pivoted between the sides of the tub and provided with a weight J in rear of its pivotal point, so as to lessen the labor of raising the frame. The frame is provided with an arm K, which projects over the side of the tub and has a stirrup L depending from said projecting end.

In operation the tub is partly filled with water and soap or a bleaching material, and the clothes are then placed therein. A portion of the clothes are then arranged over the roller, and the operator then grasps the handle and rotates the same so as to operate the roller, at the same time placing his foot in the stirrup and pressing downward on the same, thereby holding the presser-bar on the clothes. It will thus be seen that the clothes will be held in contact with the roller at all times and that the cleansing is accomplished by rubbing directly on the clothes, consequently being very thorough. Upon relieving the pressure on the stirrup the weight on the rear end of the presserbar frame will cause said frame to swing on its pivots, so as to raise the presser-bar from the roller, thereby allowing another portion of the clothes to be placed over the roller, or to permit the clothes to be removed to prevent the clothes being carried around thereby, as set forth.

2. The combination of the tub, the roller journaled therein, the check bar secured transversely in the tub above the roller, the frame pivoted in the tub, carrying a presserbar having a concave under face, and provided with an arm projecting over the side of the tub, and a stirrup suspended from said arm, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heret-oaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WHITE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE H. BULKLEY, GILBERT H. TREMAIN. 

